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J River MJ12 Pops/Clicks-Effects help needed?

I just started using this player and love it. When i first used this player I applied some minimal effects to add some nice ambience to some live shows i have. Now when i go back to use the effects (to aid some recordings just a tad) i am getting these pops and clicks and it is even happening on the same file that i wasn't having these problems with prior? Does anyone have any advice or help to get rid of this problem so i can start using the effects again. I did switch from direct sound to the ASIO driver. I tried to go back to direct sound thinking that may have had something to do with it but those clicks are still there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i was really enjoying using the effects in a subtle manner and now can't as it is to annoying now. And it is happening even if i am using the clip protection feature in either direct or ASIO settings. I don't understand what would have caused this all of a sudden when it seemed to be working fine when i first was running the program and now it is not?
It is even clicking when the level is reading way below 100% and i am only adding 1 notch of effect and it is doing this.

thanks!
seekburk

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seekburk OP
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Thanks for all of that Oldlistener!!

But should i still be hearing this if i am averaging a total of 40% computer usage in my task manager? The highest peak i saw was a very quick 60%.

So yeah i am hearing those clicks with 40% computer usage as from what task manager is showing.
I closed out all other programs and it is still there but the thing is that i was able to use it just fine for a brief moment and then when i went back i started hearing this clicking when trying to use the effects

yeah my next step was to sign up over there at J River and post about this issue.

thanks again!
seekburk OP
126 posts
 
Well everything plays just fine until i try and use the DSP effects in J River MJ12.
When i check my task manager while using the DSP effects the computer usage is not going wacky or anything so i don't understand. I posted over on J River forums about this but have yet to get any resolve on this. On some threads i was reading over there, some people are saying to get the best sound quality to not use the DSP at all. But i do think it would have added some benefit to some of my live recording ambience for sure and i would have liked to have utilized some of the effects. The eq section works fine and i am only experiencing these clicks in trying to use the effects portion of the DSP in MJ12.
And i have tried all the buffering options i could to get this to go away and it will not.
Using the direct sound did not correct this either and it is certainly not as high quality running that way with the sound card i am using.
I just yesterday switched to purewave instead of WMD in my sound card and the sound even opened up and improved more. The only downside of using that is that i think it disabled my ability to listen to Youtube and other sound on my computer.
So i need to enable that again if i want to do so i think.
Still learning over here for sure!

And as far as my computer not being fast enough well i am not so sure?
I have been doing some music editing and mastering and do use Sound Forge and other programs that i know can tax a computer and i very seldom have had any glitches while operating these programs.
Even if i have all other programs closed out and just running MJ12 i still experience the clicks.
So i am clueless at this point as to why.

But I have to repeat how much i love this player thus far for it's sonics compared to the WMP9 that i had been running for years. My system and ears are certainly enjoying it.
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